Recently, I completed a Ph.D. at the Berkeley School of Information, focusing on social media behavior, happiness and well-being, and behavioral economics. My training includes quantitative experimental design and survey methods, user experience research, and communications. Prior to Berkeley, I worked at Google in Washington, D.C. for three years and before that went to Stanford University for my Bachelor's degree in Public Policy. I love to think about design and its behavioral consequences. Email me.

TEACHING

My advisor and I taught Applied Behavioral Economics together for three years, and I lectured, led class discussions and shaped the course design and syllabus (Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015). In 2014, I also initiated a Research Track, aimed at helping Ph.D. and research-oriented Master's students gain more practice in designing and conducting independent research projects. I've also served as teaching assistant for Information Law & Policy (Fall 2012, Spring 2014) and Information Visualization & Presentation (Spring 2013).

SPEAKING

At CITRIS in January 2013, I spoke about how we might move beyond simple "approve" and "disapprove" measures of opinion and present the public's views with more of the nuance and complexity it has. In October 2015, I was also on the radio talking about how Americans are coming out in increasing numbers on Facebook.